Shelter Under the Anti-war Umbrella
Belief:
7 Reasons for Atheists to Celebrate the Holidays
Greta Christina
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
The "Slow Money" Movement May Revolutionize the Way You Think About Food
Kari Lyder
DrugReporter:
Congress Gets Its Act Together: Repeals Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding, Allows D.C. to Enact Medical Marijuana Program
Bill Piper, Naomi Long
Environment:
Copenhagen: Historic Failure That Will Live in Infamy
Joss Garman
Food:
Corporations (and Sarah Palin) Are Cyborgs Sent to Scuttle the Fight Against Climate Change
Rebecca Solnit
Health and Wellness:
The Senate Health Care Bill: Flawed Necessity or Idiotic Sell-Out?
Harold Pollack, Firedoglake Blogs
Immigration:
A Rogue Sheriff in One Arizona County Is a National Problem
Eric Ward
Media and Technology:
Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies
* Staff
Movie Mix:
James Cameron's Wizardry in 'Avatar' Movie Demands Being Witnessed on the Big Screen
Wajahat Ali
Politics:
How Wall Street Bought Barney Frank
Kevin Connor
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Men: Invisible Allies in the Struggle for Choice
Claire Keyes
Rights and Liberties:
Pockets of White America Are in the Throes of an Existential Crisis
Rich Benjamin
Sex and Relationships:
Sexy Mormons, the Joy of Vibrators and Sticking it to Puritans: 10 of Liz Langley's Best Pieces
AlterNet Staff
Take Action:
G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets
Laura Flanders
Water:
NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land in California
Dan Bacher
World:
Afghan National Army: Afghan Police Are Doing More Harm Than Good
Ahmad Kawosh
David Solnit is part of the People Powered Strategy Project, an alliance of anti-war organizations who are bringing a "Proposal for a People Power Strategy to End the Iraq War and Occupation" to the Feb. 18-21 United for Peace and Justice Assembly. He is grateful to the People Powered Strategy Group for help with this article. David was an organizer of the 1999 anti-WTO shut down in Seattle and the 2003 anti-war shut down of San Francisco. He is the editor of Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World (City Lights).
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